London Sketch Hints AITCREAER To Quit Office
The Daily Sketch reports major changes in wartime leadership with Earl Witchener expected to leave the War Office and Sir William Robertson to assume active direction. It also notes plans for land purchases and cooperative agriculture reforms pending parliamentary approval as Germany readies possible western front moves and an attack on Saloniki.
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London
Daily Sketch
Earl Kitchener
War Office
William Robertson
Earl Witchener
Romanania
England
Ireland
Home Office
Board of Trade
Bank of England
Admiralty
Board of Agriculture
Harry C. W. Verney
Paris
the Times
Saloniki
Athens
Nish
Constantinople
Erzerum
Mesopotamia
Tigris
Kut-el- Amara
Berlin
la Bassee Canal
Arras
Somme
Lens
House 10 London After Paris Visit
Colonel E. M. House will depart for London after meetings with diplomatic officials in Paris. He met Ambassador Willard in Paris and had a trencheon with Ambassador Sharp. Georges Clemenceau praised House’s mission as a careful observing tour on behalf of President Wilson.
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Paris
E. M. House
London
Joseph E. Willard
Spain
Sharp
Georges Clemenceau
L'Homme Enehisis
KF. M. House
Wilson
Europe
Colonel Flouse
M. Clemenceau
American Republic
Poles in America urged to press aid drive despite Grey note
John F. Smulski, leader in American-Polish relief circles, said Poles in America would not surrender their effort to aid starving Poles in Russian Poland. He cited Sir Edward Grey and urged renewed effort and mediation, noting Germany may concede while awaiting fuller responses.
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Chicago
Poland
Edward Grey
Herbert C. Hoover
American Commission For Relief
Belgium
John F. Smulski
America
Smulski
Mr. Smulski
England
Germany
Antonio Scotti Recovering After Pneumonia Illness
New York opera star Antonio Scotti, long critically ill with pneumonia at his hotel, has been reported by physicians to be out of danger.
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Antonio Scotti
New York
Weather notice for San Antonio area
Unsettled with freezing temperature tonight. Tuesday will be cloudy and warmer for San Antonio and vicinity.
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San Antonio
Light Forecasts From Major Cities
Forecasts depict cold conditions across the Midwest and Northeast with low readings in St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and New York Washington. Wind speeds are light to moderate from various directions as temperatures fall to or below zero in several locales.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Fair
Milwaukee
Erro
St. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Campaign kickoff for Chamber of Commerce seeks 6410 gifts
On Monday a mobilization of about 150 business and professional leaders launched a two wing canvass to recruit members for the Chamber of Commerce. By noon 101 or more memberships were reported, worth $2537.50 at $25 each, with an additional $6410 pledged by a special committee totaling $8947.50 for the half day and about $3000 more promised.
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Chamber of Commerce
Menger
Adolph Boldt
Houston Chamber of Commerce
C. V. Birkhead
J. H. Kirkpatrick
George Holmgreen
L. B. Clegg
Tenton Plaza
J. W. Hucker
J. H. Hayes
W Hucker
Alamo Plaza
President Wilson weighs Southern trip plans
President Wilson told Senator Sheppard he is pleased with Southern support for preparedness and is unsure about a trip south. If he goes, he would visit Texas.
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Sheppard
Washington, PD. C
Wilson
South
Texas
Villa threatens to kill all Gringos in Mexican mining region
Mexican passengers arriving in El Paso report Francisco Villa and about 200 armed men attacked the Pielagos mine at Laguna Chihuahua, ransacking the town and threatening to kill any Americans. Villa warns laborers to abandon mines owned by Americans as he defends a position near Santa Clara ranch with 25 men.
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EL Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Laguna
Chihuahua
Villa
Pielagos
Canon Delhido
Chihuahua City
Pablo Lopez
Fresno
Smith Endorses Preparedness Plan in Signed Statement
Washington February 7 Congressman W R Smith of the Sixteenth district voices strong support for the Presidents national defense program. He says he is with the president and that the plan is the best yet suggested.
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Washington, PD. C
W. R. Smith
Hens Supporters to Meet in Wichita Falls
A mass meeting of supporters of Representative John S. Stephens, who backs the administration’s national defense plan, is called for Wednesday night in Wichita Falls to convey views. Stephens is counted as an opponent to the preparedness plan.
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Hens
Wichita Falls
Tex
John S. Stephens
Representative Stephens
Waco Mayor Calls Mass Meeting on Preparedness
Mayor J W Riggins of Waco announces a mass meeting for next Thursday evening to discuss national preparedness and endorse President Wilsons course. The event aims to consider resolutions backing the presidents policies.
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Waco
Tex
J. W. Riggins
Wilson
Riggins
Expected Freeze To Follow Sunday's Warm Spell In San Antonio
The forecast predicts freezing temperatures Monday night in San Antonio and vicinity with warmer, cloudy conditions Tuesday. A storm area over the northwest interacts with cold air from the central U.S., bringing unsettled weather but no rain forecast yet.
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San Antonio
France
United States
Avalanche wreck devastates Corea line killing eight
A mountain avalanche near Corea Washington swept across a Great Northern passenger train, killing eight and wounding many. The debris buried four victims in a wrecked coach as heavy steel cars were hurled over seventy feet. The incident recalls a 1910 disaster at nearby Wellington now called Ty e Washington.
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Corea
Washington
Great Northern Railroad
Pas
Wellington
Tye
Midvale Controls Cambria Company
Midvale Steel & Ordnance Company of Philadelphia has purchased control of Cambria Steel Company. W R Tonner announced the deal, with William Corey and associates taking over the Cambria stock option from a Frick syndicate. About 450 000 shares, near 20 million dollars, give Midvale key operations in Johnstown and Lake Superior iron properties.
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Philadelphia
Cambria Steel Company
Midvale Steel & Ordnance Company
W. Rh. Tonner
Cambria Company
William ©. Corey
Midvale Company
Cambria
William H. Donner
Henry C. Frick
Midvale Steel & Ordinance Company
United States Steel Corporation
Johnstown
Lake Superior
Teiper arraigned in murder of mother in Orchard Park case
John Edward Teiper faced arraignment before Justice Louis W. Marcus in Buffalo on a first degree murder charge for killing his mother Agnes M. Teiper on January 30. Bail was denied as Grace J. Teiper’s condition remained poor. The February grand jury convened as prosecutors presented evidence in the Orchard Park killings of his mother and brother.
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Buffalo
N. Y
John Edward Teiper
Louis W. Marcus
Supreme Court
Agnes M. Teiper
Grace J. Teiper
Orchard Park
Boyer to inherit farm and fortune from Kansas farmer
John W. Boyer 75 of Kokomo receives notice from an Independence Kansas attorney that he inherited a large farm and thousands in stock from John Westfall the Kansas farmer who died ten years ago. Westfall on his death bed asked for reward for Boyer who once drove off Native raiders and saved Westfall his family. The daughter who died recently had urged sending Boyer his address. The estate promises a substantial fortune.
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Kokomo
Ind
John W. Boyer
Independence
Kan
Kansas
John Westfall
West
Boyer
Westfall
Fined Vilna Residents Linked to Fire Incendiary Claim
London report cites 75 000 marks levied on Vilna residents by German authorities over a great fire blamed on incendiary origin. The blaze reached the headquarters of the German army general staff near the front between Vilna and Baranovichi.
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Vilna
London
Reuter
Petrograd
Baranovichi
Slowing Mississippi Flood Threatens Arkansas Towns
In Arkansas City and Lake Village residents brace as Mississippi River rises toward 57 feet. A large workforce strengthens levees, sandbags fill low spots, and farmers fear loss of 15 000 acres of rich lake bed soil. The flood tests demand unity of white and Black labor and keep families praying for relief.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas City
Lake Village
Arkansas
Cummins
Pendleton
Lake Chicot
Holland
Judge Cook
Court martial for three lieutenants in Mexico rescue
Lieutenants Mort Peyton and Waldron ordered court martial by Major General Funston after leading a detachment into Mexico to rescue two captured soldiers near Brownsville. No charges specified. suspected for crossing the Mexican border in violation of orders.
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Washington, D. C
Mort
Peyton
Waldron
Mexico
Brownsviville
Funston
Panama indemnity cut not approved by Wilson
Secretary Lansing said President Wilson did not approve amendments to the Colombia treaty reducing the indemnity from 25 million to 15 million and making mutual regret for Panama’s partition. The disclosure was made in Washington on February 7 to Colombian minister Julio Betancourt.
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Washington, D. C
Lansing
Julio Betancourt
Wilson
United States
Panama
Colombia
Stanford Chancellor Calls Out Too Many Lowbrows
Stanford California February 7 campus buzzed over Chancellor David Starr Jordan speeches urging students that there are too many lowbrows in college. He defined a lowbrow as a degree removed from a roughneck and varied with the high brow as not practical enough.
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Stanford University
Cal
Stanford
David Starr Jordan
Meyer trial begins in Winterset Iowa
Mrs Ida Meyer sixty a pioneer of Iowa and reputed wealthy stands charged with complicity in the murder of her son's wife the young bride died by a bullet in her home last July Meyers son Fred was convicted of second degree murder and is free on bond while the mother was denied a venue change pending appeal to the Supreme Court
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Winterset
Iowa
Ida Meyer
Fred Meyer
Here
Meyer
Supreme Court
Lusitania Talks: Germany Seeks Limit on Reprisals
Washington reports indicate Germany proposes reprisals target only enemy ships and not neutrals. Secretary Lansing notes new demands cited by Zimmermann, while Senate relations chair Stone says Lusitania issue is practically settled amid ongoing discussions with Berlin.
Zimmer Rann Says US Demands Implicated Submarine Issue
In an Associated Press interview Dr. Alfred Zimmer, under secretary for foreign affairs, said the United States changed its terms on indemnity related to the Lusitania issue and could not be accepted by Germany. He stressed the earlier settlement had seemed resolved before Washington’s new demands.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
Lansing
Berlin
Lusitania
Son
State Department
Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Administration
United States
Lusita
Count von Bern- Storff
J. Bernstorff
Eoen Nete
Associated Press
Alfred Zimmer
Rann
Foreign Airs
American officer arrives as military attache in Petrograd
Lieutenant Elllis Riggs of the United States Field Artillery arrived in Petrograd to succeed Lieut. Sherman Miles as military attache at the American embassy in Russia.
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Riggs
Petrograd
London
Elicis Riggs
United States F Field Artillery
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